[Menvi-discuss] musicology prep for next semester

[Daniel]

Dear MENVI list members,

  I know I have posted to this list about past music courses I 
was preparing to take in college.  Now as I am finish preparing 
all my materials for the last required musicology credit needed 
to complete my minor, I have a short list of scores that are not 
available in any of the commonly used Braille music 
databases/libraries.  These are mostly orchestral scores or opera 
excerpts in which the music is orchestral.  Based on my research 
on these pieces and the professor's preferences for something 
which seems to exactly map onto the actual print score, I'm not 
sure how helpful piano reductions would be of these large 
orchestral arrangements.  The list is as follows:

-Dvorak, String Quartet in F, Op.  96
- Mahler, Symphony No.  1 in D (especially Mvt.  3)-the score of 
the whole symphony appears to be more than 160 print pages)
- Wagner, Tannhäuser Rome Narration, from Tannhäuser Act III 
("Inbrunst im Herzen")
- Wagner, Tristan und Isolde, Love Duet from Act II 
("Liebesnacht")

Is it possible that any of you may have access to Braille 
versions of these pieces? I have a good feeling that the Mahler 
symphony might take up an essential part of the course given its 
length and complexity.  If it simply does not exist in any form 
or is too much of an undertaking to have transcribed somewhere, I 
will make the professor aware of this.  Given that he has been 
accommodating when I took his course last semester, he may be 
able to change up the work inventory slightly to accommodate me 
and the other students.  Any responses/suggestions would be 
greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Daniel